YELLOW POPLARS Of the trees undoubtedly planted under Wash- 

 ington's personal direction the tallest are the Tulip-trees or Yellow 

 Poplars (Liriodendron Tulipifera). There are three of these trees now 

 standing. The tallest of them (No. 62) is 120 feet tall with a trunk 3 

 feet 10 inches in diameter. Another (No. 57) is 118 feet tall with a trunk 

 3 feet 8 inches in diameter. These two trees have tall, straight stems and 

 well-balanced, shapely heads. They have both been injured near the 

 ground, probably by a mowing machine in the hands of a careless work- 

 man, but they are both now forming new bark over the old wounds and 

 are generally in good condition. The third of these trees (No. 65) is 89 

 feet tall with a trunk 3 feet 9 inches in diameter. This tree is in good 

 condition. 



COFFEE BEANS Among the trees which are probably of Washing- 

 ton's time there are three Coffee Beans or Kentucky Coffee-trees 

 (Gymnocladus dioica). The tallest of these (No. 76) is 87 feet tall with a 

 trunk 2 feet 11 inches in diameter. Several of the branches were broken 

 in the storm of June 28, 1914, and in spite of its having been struck by 

 lightning in 1915, this tree is still in healthy condition. The second of 

 these trees (No. 89) is 87 feet tall with a trunk 2 feet 8 inches in diam- 

 eter, and the third (No. 70) is 85 feet tall with a trunk 3 feet 3 inches in 

 diameter. These trees are healthy and in good condition. The position 

 of three other Coffee Bean-trees is shown on the map. No. 84 is 70 feet 

 tall with a trunk 2 feet 4 inches in diameter. It is generally believed at 

 Mount Vernon that this tree was planted by Lafayette, but I have no 

 evidence confirming this belief. The head was badly injured by a storm 

 in September, 1896, and it is now unsightly and in poor condition. No. 88 

 is 51 feet tall with a trunk 10 inches in diameter, and has possibly grown 

 from a seed dropped by its neighbor, No. 89. No. 19 is on the lawn 

 southwest of the Mansion and is 75 feet tall with a trunk 2 feet in diam- 

 eter. This tree is in good condition and as the Coffee Bean is a slow- 

 growing tree it is possible, but hardly probable, that it was planted in 

 Washington's lifetime. 



ASHES There are several White Ash-trees (Fraxinus americana) near 

 the Mansion. Nos. 29, 47, 50, 58, 67, 87, 94 and 110 of the plan were 

 probably planted under the direction of Washington. No. 29 is 91 feet 

 tall with a trunk 2 feet 11 inches in diameter. No. 47 is 87 feet tall with a 

 trunk 2 feet 2 inches in diameter. No. 50 is 87 feet tall with a trunk 

 2 feet 4 inches in diameter. No. 58 is 97 feet tall with a trunk 3 feet 3 

 inches in diameter. No. 67 is 95 feet tall with a trunk 3 feet 2 inches 

 in diameter. No. 87 is 86 feet tall with a trunk 2 feet 3 inches in diam- 

 eter. No. 94 is 83 feet tall with a trunk 2 feet 7 inches in diameter, and 

 No. 110 is 89 feet tall with a trunk 2 feet 3 inches in diameter. These 

 trees are in good condition. No. 63, which is also of Washington's time, 

 stands at the right of the Flower Garden gate, No. 58 standing on the 

 left-hand side of the gate. The two trees were formerly of the same size, 



